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PROPOSED DISCHARGE ITEM FROM COMMITTEE
Department: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors
Request: The Board discharge Item 24-5321 from the Health and Hospitals Committee and refer Item 24-5321 to the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Item Number: Item number 24-5321
Committee: Health and Hospitals Committee
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Account(s): N/A
Summary: Item number 24-5321 which is the appointment and compensation approval request for Candidate A as Chief Executive Officer was referred to the Health and Hospitals Committee in error. The item should have been referred to the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee, the Committee that considers appointments.
Item 24-5321
PROPOSED MISCELLANEOUS ITEM OF BUSINESS
Department: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors
Summary: Appointment and Compensation for "Candidate A" as Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a comprehensive ordinance creating the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS), Chapter 38, Sections 38-70, et seq., through which they established rules for the governance, management, mission, and goals of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System.
Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) granted to the System Board the authority to appoint the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CCHHS as set forth in Section 38-81(b) and to recommend the compensation of such CEO subject to review and approval by the County Board.
Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) and 38-81(b) provide that the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer to the CCHHS, shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
On August 23, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System approved the proposed appointment of Candidate A to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals S...
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